{"id":590,"date":"2017-09-02T01:14:54","date_gmt":"2017-09-02T01:14:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hispreciousgift.com\/wordpress\/?p=590"},"modified":"2017-09-02T01:14:54","modified_gmt":"2017-09-02T01:14:54","slug":"jesus-our-victory-over-all-our-enemies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispreciousgift.com\/wordpress\/jesus-our-victory-over-all-our-enemies\/","title":{"rendered":"JESUS OUR VICTORY OVER ALL OUR ENEMIES"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>JESUS OUR VICTORY OVER ALL OUR ENEMIES<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In 1946, a British soldier was found by a villager hiding in a foxhole in the hills of London from the German soldiers. His face was dirty and covered in horse manure where he laid hidden for weeks behind the old farmhouse. When the villager asked, \u201cSir why are you hiding?\u201d The soldier looked at the villager in amazement and asked him \u201cWhy aren\u2019t you hiding from the Germans?\u201d The villager still puzzled, scratched his head and asked, \u201cShould I be hiding too?\u201d The soldier replied. \u201cOf course you should be hiding, aren\u2019t you afraid?\u201d The villager replied, \u201cYes, sometimes I get afraid, but should I hide?\u201d The soldier said, \u201cUnless you are strong enough to defeat your enemy, you should hide or surrender,\u201d the soldier said with fervor. The villager thought to himself, \u201cI guess if he is a soldier and I am just a common untrained man then maybe I should hide too.\u201d So the villager said to the soldier, \u201cSlide over, I will hide in the manure with you.\u201d Hours passed, when a little girl stopped by and saw the two men, hiding in the mud and manure behind the farmhouse and asked, \u201cSirs why are you hiding in the mud and manure?\u201d And to the soldier she asked, \u201cSir why are you still dressed in your battle array?\u201d The soldier replied, with a\u00a0strong command, \u201cI am a soldier in the Royal Brigade of the Queen\u2019s army defending my country from the German soldiers.\u201d The little girl was confused and asked \u201cSir, if that is true, then why are you hiding behind this old farmhouse in the mud and covered in horse manure?\u201d The soldier replied, \u201cWhen I am afraid and realize I can\u2019t defeat my enemy, <em>I hide;<\/em> what do you do?\u201d The little girl looked at both men and said, \u201cI hold my head up high and thank my God that I no longer have to be afraid because the Germans were defeated months ago and now every man, and nation is free from the Germans\u2019 oppression and destruction!\u201d The men looked at each other and laughed and said, \u201cWhat do you know, you are just an ignorant little girl; if I were you, I would get in this hole with us and hide.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>What do you suppose the little girl did? Let me tell you what she did; in spite of the ages and experiences of the older men, in spite of their words to her of being ignorant and little, she HELD FAST TO THE TRUTH SHE KNEW AND BELIEVED. She held fast to the fact. THE ENEMY HAD BEEN DEFEATED AND COULD NO LONGER RULE AND REIGN OVER HER LIFE WITH FEAR AND INTIMIDATION&#8230; she simply smiled and walked away.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Garamond',serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Garamond',serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-591 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hispreciousgift.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Truth-vs-Lie-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hispreciousgift.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Truth-vs-Lie-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/hispreciousgift.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Truth-vs-Lie-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/hispreciousgift.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Truth-vs-Lie-270x270.png 270w, https:\/\/hispreciousgift.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Truth-vs-Lie.png 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If\u00a0we know the truth, what do\u00a0we do with it? Here are some truths to consider\u00a0 and obey:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The strongest deceiver of the soul is <strong><u>fear<\/u><\/strong>, but it is no match for <strong>God\u2019s Love<\/strong>. Knowing Him, and how much we are loved, always set us free! <em>God, showed us how much He loved us, in that, while we were still sinners, Christ came and died for us, the ungodly, enemies of God. <\/em><strong>Romans 5:8 paraphrased<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Weakness<\/strong> is never weak when the <strong>Lord is its strength<\/strong>. <em>My grace is sufficient for you, my power is being perfected (brought to maturity in your weakness).<\/em>\u00a0 <strong>2 Corinthians 12:9<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Truth<\/strong> is a mighty warrior who has never lost a battle. All of His enemies either bow at His feet or run in defeat. The TRUTH, Jesus Christ our Lord, came to set us FREE! <em>Stand firm in the liberty which CHRIST has made you FREE and don\u2019t be entangled with the <u>yokes of bondage to enslave you. <\/u><\/em><strong>Galatians 5:1<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The <strong>RULER OF THIS WORLD\u2019S SYSTEM<\/strong> wants to keep us CAPTIVE to his strategies: Our Father tells us- LOVE NOT THE WORLD, NEITHER THE THINGS THAT ARE IN THE WORLD. IF ANY MAN LOVES THE WORLD, THE LOVE OF THE FATHER <u>IS NOT IN<\/u> HIM.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>For all that is in the world-<u>the lust and sensual cravings of the flesh and longings of the eyes to have more and more.<\/u> The <u>boastful pride of life<\/u> (of what we have achieved, pretentious confidence in one\u2019s resources or in stability of earthly things) <u>these don\u2019t come from the Father<\/u>, but from the world. The world is passing away, with its lusts; BUT THE ONE WHO DOES THE WILL OF GOD AND CARRIES OUT HIS PURPOSES <strong>LIVES (not just exists, nor just survives; but abides in Christ&#8217;s ABUNDANT LIFE)<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>FOREVER. <\/strong><\/em><strong>I John 2:15-17.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-592 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hispreciousgift.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Love-not-the-world-300x273.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"273\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hispreciousgift.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Love-not-the-world-300x273.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hispreciousgift.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Love-not-the-world-768x698.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hispreciousgift.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Love-not-the-world-297x270.jpg 297w, https:\/\/hispreciousgift.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Love-not-the-world.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>THREE\u00a0OF THE ENEMY\u2019S STRATEGIES HE USES TO ENTRAP US<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><i><strong>Division <\/strong>(racism, classism, religion, male, female, unforgiveness, disputes, family relations, etc.) <\/i><em>There is no longer, Jew or Gentile, slave or free, male or female (color or race) FOR YOU ALL ARE ONE IN CHRIST (those who have given their lives to Christ). <\/em><strong>Galatians 3:28\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Debt<\/strong> (credit cards, loans, spending more than we have)\u00a0 <em>KEEP OUT OF DEBT, Owe no man anything except to love one another. <\/em><strong>Romans 13:8<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>The rich rule over the poor and the BORROWER IS A SLAVE to the Lender. <\/em><strong>Proverbs 22:7<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><b><strong>Religion<\/strong> <\/b><em>(sects, Baptists, Methodists, Catholics, Pentecostal, Greek Orthodox, Jews, Non-denominational, etc.)\u00a0 <\/em><em> There is only ONE BODY (of Believers) ONE Spirit, ONE hope, ONE Lord, ONE faith, and ONE baptism (into Christ). <\/em><b><strong>Ephesians 4:4<\/strong><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Allow this message to penetrate your heart and soul. If the Holy Spirit convicts you of believing lies and holding to worldly ideas, don\u2019t hide from the TRUTH. Come into the light, acknowledge your feelings, thoughts, and what you have done or believed. Give your sin to the Lord, trust Him to heal and cleanse you from all unrighteousness. He will change your \u201cwant to.\u201d He will become Lord in the area of your heart you gave to Him. For this reason, the Son of God was made known to us to DESTROY THE WORKS OF THE EVIL ONE IN OUR LIVES!<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Prayer<\/strong>: Thank you, Lord Jesus, you came into my heart and soul to FREE me from the lies I have held dear since I was a child. You understand how the lies I have believed have changed who I am in You and who You created me to be. I desire to be FREE, WHOLE, and become the child of God you created me to be. Thank you, for coming to rescue me today. 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